Nancy's Bookshelf: Paradise authors overcome challenges

By Nancy Wiegman,

Published November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM PST

Author Jamie Johnston details her escape from the Camp Fire in one of her memoir chapters in "Following Breadcrumbs: Tales of a Rock and Roll Girl Child."

Also, author Judy Blishen Soto uses an evergreen tree separated from his family to tell her tale in "The Fate of the Christmas Tree."

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Nancy Wiegman

Nancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.

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Matt Fidler

Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.

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